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Mr Giangiacomo Olivi

Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology
Position
Giangiacomo Olivi is a partner in Dentons’ Milan office, Europe Co-head of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity group and Europe Co-head of the Intellectual Property and Technology practice.
He assists clients, such as national and international companies as well as industrial associations, providing strategical and commercial legal advice in relation to technology, media and communications matters, with a specific focus on data management and digital transformation.
Giangiacomo handled some of the most relevant matters in relation to data protection, data privacy and GDPR compliance (including coordinating major projects from Italy also involving multiple jurisdictions). He also assists clients with regard to outsourcing and commercial transactions in a wide range of sectors.
Giangiacomo is renowned as one of the best TMT lawyers in Italy.
Career
Before joining Dentons, he has been a partner of DLA Piper for more than ten years. Prior to that, he spent about five years as a partner of Carnelutti.
Languages
- Italian
- English
- French
Memberships
Admitted to the Italian Bar, 1995
Education
University of Modena, 1992, LLM
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Industry focus: Retail
(Leading individuals)Dentons‘ team provides integrated advice through the collaboration of real estate, corporate, IP and TMT professionals. Practice head Giangiacomo Olivi acts as Europe co-head of the data privacy and cybersecurity group as well as of the IP and technology practice.
Italy > Data privacy and data protection
(Leading individuals)In the data privacy space, Dentons‘ intellectual property and technology team primarily focuses on AI, particularly as it relates to the financial services sector, and cybersecurity, having assisted numerous high-profile clients following sizeable data breaches. Giangiacomo Olivi, who acts as Europe co-head of the data privacy and cybersecurity group and also of the intellectual property and technology practice, is highly appreciated by the market for his experience across different sectors and countries, as he often advises clients in collaboration with the firm’s international offices. Associate Chiara Bocchi is also noted.
Italy > Industry focus: TMT
(Hall of Fame)Dentons has a ‘great, competent and helpful’ TMT team, which focuses on matters in connection to the internet of things, cybersecurity, and digital media. Giangiacomo Olivi, who acts as Europe co-head of the data privacy and cybersecurity group and is a member of the firm’s IP and technology practice, is recognised as ‘an authority in the sector’ of data protection, data management and GDPR law. Chiara Bocchi ‘consistently manages complex matters in a thoughtful way and navigates the tricky dynamics’ of the e-commerce, automotive and fashion sectors, in both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame - Italy > Industry focus: TMT
- Leading individuals - Italy > Industry focus: Retail
- Leading individuals - Italy > Data privacy and data protection
- Data privacy and data protection - Italy
- Industry focus: Retail - Italy
- Industry focus: TMT - Italy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Retail
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Capital markets: Debt
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- Industry focus: TMT
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Capital markets: Equity
- EU and competition law
- Industry focus: Energy
- Compliance